Rock mythology goes something like this: The Beatles, at the height of their I-Wanna-Hold-Your-Hand popularity, met a scruffy man with a nasal drawl for a voice. The encounter turned the Boys from Liverpool onto the doors of perception, via bouts of laughter brought on by some green stuff.

The result was the Psychedelic Sixties. Music would never be the same again.

But those familiar with the man formerly known as Robert Allen Zimmerman know he is the stuff Nobel nominations, timeless lyrics and constant surprises are made of.

And Bob Dylan has just proved it again with Together Through Life -- his 33rd studio album that has catapulted him to the top of the British album charts for the first time in 38 years. 

But the little nugget that everyone who ever screamed 'How Does it Feel' will latch onto is a bit in a Rolling Stone interview with Dylan. He said, 'That would be exciting -- to do something with [Sir] Paul [McCartney].'

He added: 'But, you know, your paths have to cross for something like that to make sense.'

London's [Images] Telegraph quotes Sir Paul's spokesman as saying, 'We heard the offer this morning and we're trying to let Paul know about it... As you can imagine, it would be a pretty major thing if it went ahead.'

You bet Mr Spokesman, you bet.